It's Carnival time of year again in Somerset

[fuzzyfelt30]

Bridgwater Carnival, variously hailed as the largest illuminated procession in Europe and/or in the world, kicked off carnival season in style on Saturday night. There are 8 carnivals altogether, Bridgwater last Saturday, Burnham-on-Sea last night, Weston-super-Mare on Friday 9th, North Petherton on Saturday 10th, Midsomer Norton on Monday 12th, Shepton Mallet on Wednesday 14th, Wells on Friday 16th and Glastonbury on Saturday 17th. Here are just a few shots of some of the 100ft long carts created by the major carnival clubs! They will start working on next year's entries as soon as this year's carnivals have finished. It really is an amazing free show that they put on every year!!

 

[Tony Harrison-Smith]

What fantastic floats. Great photos, I love the detail on them.

 

[holty]

What fantastic floats. Great photos, I love the detail on them.

 

[F1.2]

Blimey they know how to put on a show , excellent

 

[lightshipman]

Brilliant floats, nicely photographed.

 

[gramps]

No damp squibs there!

 

[reheat module]

Beautiful exposures throughout.
Very colourful and detailed.

 

[doggel]

Excellent pictures that seem to really capture and convey the atmosphere of a remarkable event

 

[ashtennisguru]

I used to go to see it in Weston every year when I was a kid, takes me back and glad to see it still going strong

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

“Excellent” set of shots Sir, and very well presented.

George

 

[fuzzyfelt30]

Thanks for the comments, everyone. It really is a wonderful experience...if you've never seen it, I can heartily recommend a visit! It can be traced back at least 170 years (probably much further), so hopefully it should have a few more years left yet!

 

[Bristolian]

I've been planning to get to one of the carnivals for the past 5 years ... maybe next year I'll actually manage one